When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come!” I looked and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.
It is not difficult understanding the lure of scripture for many people. Reading the above paragraph and relating it to the news of today and the last century, it is compelling as the numbers on this earth aren’t that far off. The UN recently reported over a billion people are going hungry on this planet. That is not far off the fourth of the earth as mentioned in the passage above.
I have observed poverty in my life. Not the poverty of rich countries, as that has no relationship to poverty in poor countries.
Most people in the developed nations would be sick if they had to live in one of these hell holes for a few days. Maybe that is what is required to make social change that benefits the all, and not just the few.
That won’t happen and is the premise for the Acopolypse, a self fullfilling prophesy.
The Pale rider is one of four metaphors.
It is the one we are witnessing drawing close to us.
